CPAP helps cut heart risks—but you have to actually use it

by Steven ReinbergFor sufferers of sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines may guard against having a second heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular crisis, but they have

Updated on: January 06,2024

CPAP helps cut heart risks—but you have to actually use it

by Steven ReinbergFor sufferers of sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines may guard against having a second heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular crisis, but they have

Updated on:January 06,2024

Modern lifestyle heart disease risk factors threaten extremely poor people in low- and middle-income countries

by University of BirminghamCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study reveals that many people living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have conditions that lead to

Updated on: March 20,2024

Modern lifestyle heart disease risk factors threaten extremely poor people in low- and middle-income countries

by University of BirminghamCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study reveals that many people living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have conditions that lead to

Updated on:March 20,2024

Chicagoans are dying from cardiac arrest outside the hospital at increasingly younger ages

by University of Illinois at ChicagoCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe mean age at which people in Chicago have fatal heart attacks outside the hospital is decreasing, with the biggest changes happenin

Updated on: March 20,2024

Chicagoans are dying from cardiac arrest outside the hospital at increasingly younger ages

by University of Illinois at ChicagoCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe mean age at which people in Chicago have fatal heart attacks outside the hospital is decreasing, with the biggest changes happenin

Updated on:March 20,2024

Keep it steady: The importance of maintaining healthy blood pressure

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 Editors' notesby Graciela Gutierrez,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainIf you are waiting for symptoms to pop up as a warning for high blood pressure, think

Updated on: March 14,2024

Keep it steady: The importance of maintaining healthy blood pressure

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 Editors' notesby Graciela Gutierrez,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainIf you are waiting for symptoms to pop up as a warning for high blood pressure, think

Updated on:March 14,2024

Under newly-revised guidelines, more stroke patients qualify for life-saving thrombectomy

by Christopher DeFrancesco,University of ConnecticutCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUConn Health has elite expertise in a highly specialized cranial procedure known to be effective as an urgent

Updated on: March 20,2024

Under newly-revised guidelines, more stroke patients qualify for life-saving thrombectomy

by Christopher DeFrancesco,University of ConnecticutCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUConn Health has elite expertise in a highly specialized cranial procedure known to be effective as an urgent

Updated on:March 20,2024

AI-based tongue imaging could help enable non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease

by Stephanie Baum , Medical XpressThe tongue diagnosis instrument and collection process. 1: lens hood, 2: LED light resource, 3: high-definition camera, 4: chin support plate. Note. Use fixed standar

Updated on: September 05,2024

AI-based tongue imaging could help enable non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease

by Stephanie Baum , Medical XpressThe tongue diagnosis instrument and collection process. 1: lens hood, 2: LED light resource, 3: high-definition camera, 4: chin support plate. Note. Use fixed standar

Updated on:September 05,2024

Should you worry about melatonin and heart failure? The evidence isn't clear

Updated on: December 02,2025

Should you worry about melatonin and heart failure? The evidence isn't clear

Updated on:December 02,2025

Inflammation of the heart muscle following viral infection can impede long-term cardiac function

by University of FreiburgCharacteristic stripes (green) make the heart muscle cell (cardiomyocyte) easily recognizable. The virus infection in this cell is shown by viral RNA which has been color

Updated on: March 23,2024

Inflammation of the heart muscle following viral infection can impede long-term cardiac function

by University of FreiburgCharacteristic stripes (green) make the heart muscle cell (cardiomyocyte) easily recognizable. The virus infection in this cell is shown by viral RNA which has been color

Updated on:March 23,2024

Non-invasive screening tools may miss heart failure for certain patients and should be used with caution, warns study

by Jessica Stanley,University of AdelaideCredit:JACC: Heart Failure(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.01.015Existing non-invasive screening tools may miss heart failure among patients

Updated on: April 06,2024

Non-invasive screening tools may miss heart failure for certain patients and should be used with caution, warns study

by Jessica Stanley,University of AdelaideCredit:JACC: Heart Failure(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.01.015Existing non-invasive screening tools may miss heart failure among patients

Updated on:April 06,2024

Black individuals with a genetic mutation found to have increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, heart failure

by Anna Jones,University of Alabama at BirminghamThis figure depicts the cumulative incidence of the study outcomes stratified by the hiPSI TTNtv carrier status in individuals of African ancestr

Updated on: March 27,2024

Black individuals with a genetic mutation found to have increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, heart failure

by Anna Jones,University of Alabama at BirminghamThis figure depicts the cumulative incidence of the study outcomes stratified by the hiPSI TTNtv carrier status in individuals of African ancestr

Updated on:March 27,2024

Canadian researchers create a bio-ink for 3D printing of heart valves

byUniversity of MontrealCredit: University of MontrealIn a breakthrough in pediatric cardiac science, Canadian researchers have successfully produced a bio-ink that could someday be used to prin

Updated on: January 02,2024

Canadian researchers create a bio-ink for 3D printing of heart valves

byUniversity of MontrealCredit: University of MontrealIn a breakthrough in pediatric cardiac science, Canadian researchers have successfully produced a bio-ink that could someday be used to prin

Updated on:January 02,2024

Using a unique organ-on-a-chip model to unlock answers to vascular aging

by Baker Heart & Diabetes InstituteCredit:ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces(2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07756Using a novel "organ-on-a-chip" model, Baker Heart & Di

Updated on: January 02,2024

Using a unique organ-on-a-chip model to unlock answers to vascular aging

by Baker Heart & Diabetes InstituteCredit:ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces(2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07756Using a novel "organ-on-a-chip" model, Baker Heart & Di

Updated on:January 02,2024